You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

We are the people that we have been waiting for and no one else is coming.

Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.

Nobody wants somebody who wants them for what they have or the position their in- you want somebody who wants you for you. In case it all goes crazy and it all turns to dust. I want somebody who loves me in the welfare line, eating gumbo, eating fish,black eyed peas and rice. I want somebody that loves me. God wants you to love him, not his cars, not his house, not his blessing- love him.